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(group member since Feb 22, 2013)
James’s
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ATJG wrote: "It came with 5 minutes to spare (before lunch)! It's beautiful!"Nice. Enjoy!
Nathan "N.R." wrote: "James wrote: "Keep the comments coming! It's fun to "read along". I'm usually a few hundred pages behind Jonathan by now. My copy still hasn't arrived."I'm still out in the cold too. But I'm hav..."
It's pushed Fathers and Crows off the throne for me. I still have The Rifles to go before I've caught up with Bill though. I checked last night and it looks like I ordered it last November. You would think they could have sent it to Wisconsin by now. ...
Keep the comments coming! It's fun to "read along". I'm usually a few hundred pages behind Jonathan by now. My copy still hasn't arrived.
Marc wrote: "Seriously? Well, I have to say I find it somewhat generic, trying too hard to look like a bestseller - perhaps it had been better without that damn horse? - but then again, I find the cover for The..."See, I missed the Vollmann illustrations on the inside
Geoff wrote: "That NYTimes review was awful. Was it sleepwritten? That was one of the least engaging reviews of a book I've recently come across."I thought you read my review Geoff!
I like the cover. The Appaloosa is from that region of the country and is key to the Nez Perce. Can't wait to see it in person.
Griffin wrote: "Well, went to Strand in NYC today to buy a used copy of the first edition of F&C they had for only $9—what do I see when I get to the V-section of lit but a pristine copy of The Dying Grass at a pr..."Nice, can't wait for my copy to arrive.
By the way, it does look gorgeous on paper. Can't wait until my copy arrives. This is definitely a book where reading a physical copy would make a huge difference.
Jonathan wrote: "I believe he has said that the page is geographic space - i.e the location of the text indicates closeness/distance etc? Anyone have any more info on this?"
Many times its also how far it is from the idea. The first level might have Gen Howard talking to his aide de camp. The second level might include Howard's interior thoughts on what he's saying or often causing him to dwell on the past. The third level could be bitching from infantry soldiers, either about the march, having to hide liquor, Indians etc.
There are times when more than one person might be speaking on the first level. Howard might say something and he could be answered within that text with no apparent change in the speaker.
There are times when it is really effective and times when it is a little gimmicky. In essence I think it's done for the ease of the reader. I didn't feel like my understanding was lessened while reading the unformatted text on my eReader, but the formatted text did make it flow better.
Lisa wrote: "Just ordered me a piece of this... this is the first time I pay 400$ but feel so elated! Some light summer beach reading for me hehe.."Nice to see someone stepping up to the plate. Tell us how it goes.
Nathan "N.R." wrote: "McSweeney's Kickstarter -- RURD, new and still wrapped, for US$750 ::https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/..."
Both are gone now.
Alexander wrote: "Pre-ordered from my local bookstore. $60 CDN. Because: fuck money. I also pre-ordered Last Stories and Other Stories in paperback. Oh god I have to catch up on all the Vollmann I still haven't read..."I'm pretty sure you can eventually catch up if you read a Vollmann a year. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy to take very good care of himself
I checked the kirkus website. All of their reviews are anonymous.
So. .. I'm 50 electronic pages in so far. I have 53 more days to finish it on my drm ebook. Wish me luck. The book starts with a bit of a biting look at Rutherford B Hayes' election that reminded me just a smidge of Coover’s the public burning. Now we're on to the meat of the book. I haven't really gotten the hang of the formatting with the text indentation yet. It's interesting to hear the change in William the Blind's voice. I didn't feel like it was as pronounced between books in the other dreams (I have yet to read the Rifles).
Looks like my netgalleys request was accepted. I cant download it til Saturday when i get back from my work trip.
Checked on there again, and it was there. Thanks for the tip. I have no idea if they'll let me get it, but I put in a request.
Griffin wrote: "Put in a request on netgalleys through the bookstore I order for sometimes. Maybe I will get a bit of a preview before the preorder comes in! I'm just too curious about the stylistic alignment and ..."Hmmmmm.... I signed up for netgalleys, but didn't see any Vollmann. I did put in for the new Joshua Cohen book though.
Geoff wrote: "Wait what's this new Gass??And of course I preordered The Dying Grass duh!"
Eyes: Novellas and Stories
Nathan "N.R." wrote: "Greg wrote: " The technology was new back then before Kindle and he answered that have numerous photographs and notes made that a bad option. However, the tech has come long way and photographs (ev..."I've always gotten the impression that some of the W&M hold up is that McElroy wants to be personally involved in the editing/proofreading process.
Too bad someone like the Lannan Foundation couldn't pony up and make it happen with Dalkey Archive. By the way, where is Zettels Traum ? That production is taking forever.
